Cookiktg-stove



Patented Oct. 18, 1837.

No". 42e..

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Cooking Stove.

No. 429. Patented Oct. 18, 1837u Y 3 Sheets Sheet E. SKNNER.

' Cooking Stovel Patented Octi 18,l 1837.

ELIJAH SKINNER, 'or sANDWicH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

COOKING-srovn.

Specification of Letters Patent N 0:429, dated October 18, 1837't To allwhom it may concern.' Be it known that I, ELIJAH SKINNER, of

Sandwich, in the county of Stratford andV State of New Hampshire', haveinvented a new and improved method of constructingv a cooking-stove onthe principle of the common diving-Hue stove and of fitting the stove tofireplaces in chimneys; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof.

The nature of my improvement consistsA in the construction andarrangement of the projections at the ends of the stove and the Hues andfunnels connected therewith. Also in the construction of the Hue beneaththe bottom of the stove, in the masonwork, as in Figure 1,` Plate 1.Also in the construction and adaptation of the semicircular sheet ironfunnels at each end of the stove with the Hues fitted thereto as inPlate 2.'

The object of my improvement, is to render the expense of manufacturing,less; (conveniences considered) and to produce a regular heat on theoven. Also to bring the heat down to the feet and directly under theoven through the Hue in the masonwork as in Plate 2.A

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and application.

" lst. I make a castiron bottom about three feet, six inches long andfrom sixteen to eighteen inches wide. In one end of this bottom is a Hueof an oval form as at S, Fig. 2, Plate 1; in the other end of this aretwo Hues of the same form as aforesaidV but smaller, one Hue being neareach corner of the bottom, with necks on the upper surface of the bottomand around two of the said Hues for the reception of funnels. I Htledges to the upper surface of the bottom aforesaid within which I placethe body of the stove. The form of the stove is an oblong square havinga top projection at one end aboutseven inches long and Hve inches deepor half the depth of the fire chamber. In the under plate of this topprojection, are Hues with necks, to receive funnel. These Hues areplaced immediately over the two small Hues aforesaid in the bottom nearthe end of the same. At the opposite end of the stove is a lowerprojection resting on the bottom, about seven inches long and eightinches high forming a separate chamber or division of the stove. Theto-p of this proj ection forms an indented hearth to the door of the Hrechamber in the end of the stove.` n In the backside of the aforesaidlowerprojection is a Hue and neck for funnel.

The body of the stove is divided into two chambers by a castironplateextending hori- Zontally through the'stove near the center thereof. Thelower chamber constitutes lthe* oven as at Gr, Plate l, with the door inthe front of the oven as at H.' The upper chamber represents the Hreplace as at I, with door in the end as at-K.v The top plate containsapertures with rings'forf boilers vand Acooking apparatus as at L, Fig.1, Plate 1.

I make a Hue with a neck in the top plate over the top projection orv inthe end plate at the end of the top projection as at M Plate, 1, for thereceiving of funnel. vBeneath thek top projection and outside ofthelower part of the stove aty the end I place two funnels extendingdownward from the top projection, to the two Hues in the bottom of thestove near the corners as aforesaid as at N, N, Plate l, Fig. 2. I placethe stove over the common brick or stove hearth with mason work laidunder the outer edges of the'castiron bottom as at O, O, Plate l, Fig.1, forming a concavity from two to four inches deep between 'the brickor stove hearth Vand the castiron bottom aforesaid and the whole lengthand width of said castiron bottom except the thickness of the masonworkaforesaid placed under the outer edges of the ysaid bottom, O, O. Thisconcavity forms the Hue under the oven and is beneath the iron bottom R,Plate 1^, F ig. 2.

Ledges are placed lon the undersideof the castiron bottom extendingaround within about two inches of the edges so as to keep -the masonwork Hrm; also when required for the purpose of fitting a sheet iron Huebeneath the bottom. I sometimes elevate or raise the brick hearth backof the stove in the chimney Hre place as high as the top of the stove asat Plate 1, Fig. 1. When this is the case I form a Hue in the brick workin the chimney for the reception of the diving Hue funnel as at 2 PlateV1, Fig. l. I place dampers in the funnels so as to let the heat andsmoke ascend or turn them downward throughthe diving Hue, passingbeneath the oven and out the funnel at 2. I carry the funnel' Afrom thetop projection of the stove, upward and thence in any other directionnecessary.

I construct this stove in another form but ,two aforesaid Hues in theunder part ofthe on the same principle as Plate 2. I make a plaincast-iron bottom as in the first construction projecting at each endbeyond the body of the stove as at A. A. P. l., Fig. 2. I make the bodyof an oblong square dividing it into two chambers with the oven door andlire door in front and t a movableV indented hearth to the fire ldoor ordoor to the upper chamber. I make the top plate withy semicircularprojections at each end as at Plate 2 Fig. l, B. B. Between theprojections of the top and bottom plates of the stove at each end Iplace a semicircular sheet iron funnel C. C. Fig. l, with the edgesinserted into grooves. The re passes from the lire chamber through fluesin each end of the stove into these tunnels as at D. D. Figs. 8 and 4. Iuse a damper in one end of the stove to turn the heat down that it maypass under the oven; the damper is placed in the flue B, Fig. 3. I alsoput a damper in the funnel above the stove. I place the stove on masonwork as at D. D. Fig. 2, Pl. 42. The flues E. E. open intov theeoncavity Jforming the flue in the mason work beneath the cast ironbottom F. I-it a funnel to the iue Gr, on the top plate of the stove,which carries off the smoke from the driving tlue and from the lue B,Fig. 3.

I form the tire 4door with the inner surface concave and hang it at eachof the lower corners on pivots so that when it is turned Ydown it formsa hearth as I-I, Fig. l, being supported by a rest on the side of thestove. A narrow stationary iron hearth may be used with the common door.I sometimes use a hearth in front of the oven door by projecting thecastiron hearth out beyond the body of the stove as at I, Fig. l.

Allegations.

1st. The stove described is of the common V'size but I contemplatemaking others of various and of dierent forms on the same principle.

2nd. I contemplate constructing the sides and ends of the aforesaiddescribed stove of mason work and the doors, door frames and horizontalplates of iron.

3rd. Instead of the horizontal hearth which divides the re chamber Jfromthe oven I contemplate constructing a quarter circle oven, tted to theinside of the stove box as at A, A, Plate 3. The convex Vside of theoven forms an elevated hearth for the tire with ledges cast on theconvexity to retain the ashes or plastering so as to regulate the heatand preserve the plate from burning.

A movable coal grate is so tted` as to be placed higher or lower on theconvex hearth as at B, Fig. 3; Y

In Fig. 3 E, is the oven door; C, C, are the lire doors; D, the ash pit;F, F, the openings for the boilers and G the funnel.

What I claim as my improvement and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- 1. The construction of the Hue in the mason work beneath the bottomof the stove, when placed over the common brick or stove hearth formingthe driving flue under the oven as described in the specicationalso inthe drawing Plate 2, Fig. 2 under the plate F, and in Plate 1, Fig. 2under the iron plate R; also projections at the ends of the stove withthe arrangement of the tunnels and ues in the manner and for thepurposes above set forth.

2. I also claim the semicircular sheet iron

